Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The announcement by Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth that the priorities of his government for 2016 are investment, employment, renewable energy, tourism, ICT, and job creation dominated the media in Mauritius this week.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Government's warning on Friday that the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents were planning fresh abductions of pupils, students and foreigners overshadowed all other stories in Nigeria this week.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The media in Ghana this week reported the arrest of an arms dealer, the launch of a book extolling the achievements of President John Dramani Mahama after three years in office and a huge uproar over a power deal that is alleged by a Norwegian newspaper to be a rip-off.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Politics continued to dominate the front pages of the newspapers in Ghana and for the second week running, with the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) once again making the headlines for different reasons.
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian media this week largely commented on the terrorist attacks in Paris and Saint-Denis, perpetrated on Friday, 13 November, with 129 killed and more than 300 injured for which Daech has claimed responsibility.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Nasty exchanges between two prominent anti-corruption campaigners, the ongoing crises in the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the 2016 budget were some of the major stories reported in the Ghanaian media this week.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The main opposition party in Ghana, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), generated two major stories in Ghana this week, with the raging confusion among its top rungs and a forum of stakeholders held by the Electoral Commission (EC) to discuss its persistent demand for a new voters’ register highlighted by the media.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A relapse of the energy woes, brouhaha over the voters’ register and further opening of deep cracks in the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) were some of the major stories reported in Ghana this week.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The near loss of some 400 megawatts of power because of a huge debt owed the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) and an allegation by an outspoken academic that Members of Parliament (MPs) are corrupt were some of the stories reported by the Ghanaian media this week.
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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian newspapers this week focused, among other issues, on the firing of a gunshot at the offices of the independent Post newspapers in the capital, Lusaka, as well as investigation by police on the leakages of government confidential documents to the media.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Raging arguments on the voters’ register and ongoing investigations into alleged corruption in the judiciary were some of the stories highlighted by the Ghanaian media this week.
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – All the Mauritian media, including public and private radios and national television, this week focused attention on the hajj stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, which resulted in the death of hundreds of Muslim faithfuls.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The twists and turns in the alleged corruption instances involving scores of staff of the Ghana judicial service, including 34 judges, continue to dominate the media, with the first screening of the video and unrelenting pursuit of court cases by the cited judges taking centre stage.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The sudden surrender of more than 200 Boko Haram terrorists, the hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia which resulted in the death of many Islamic faithfuls and the corruption trial of Bukola Saraki, the nation's number three citizen and President of the Senate, were the major stories in Nigeria this week.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media this week continued to focus on the alleged bribery scandal rocking the judicial service after an investigative journalist submitted a three-hour video that implicated some 180 staff, including 34 judges, in corrupt practices, to the president and chief justice.
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Last weekend’s ethnic incidents during which one Hindu temple and five mosques were sacked and a dozen people arrested dominated the media in Mauritius this week.
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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Publication of the annual report on public spending by the Audit Bureau and the holding of the first international conference on blue economy dominated the Mauritian press this week.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The quashing of a 10-year sentence slapped on a 36-year-old man who confessed he wanted to kill President John Dramani, when he was arrested with a fully loaded pistol in the church where the first family worships, and local government elections were some of the stories reported in Ghana this week.
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian media were dominated this week by reports on the presentation of “Vision 2030”, an economic programme, by Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth and the four-day official visit to the island by Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The resumption of work by doctors in public hospitals and the shock revelation that young Muslims had joined the terrorist group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), were some of the stories played up by the Ghanaian media this week.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A crippling three-week strike by doctors in public health facilities and a car crash involving the presidential press corps that claimed the life of a reporter of the state-owned Ghanaian Times were some of the stories highlighted by the media in Ghana this week.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari's order to Military Service Chiefs to wipe out Boko Haram in three months and the soon-to-start trial of those who looted the economy were the major stories in Nigeria this week.
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Two major events - the 9th Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) that opened Friday in the nearby island of La Réunion, and the discovery Wednesday of part of a wing of a Boeing 777 plane on a beach, dominated the media this week in Mauritius.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - This week's visit to the US by President Muhammadu Buhari and his declaration on the war against insecurity and corruption were the main stories in Nigeria this week.
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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Reports on road accidents dominated the media in Mauritius this week following the death of seven persons on the island's roads. So far road crashes have claimed 82 lives in Mauritius this year.
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian media this week highlighted several issues, including the difficulties in the political dialogue between the government and the National Forum for Democracy and Unity (FNDU), a coalition of political parties, civil society organizations, trade-unions and independent personalities.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian media are this week awash with stories on the renewed Boko Haram attacks and President Muhammadu Buhari's decision to take a huge pay cut along with his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A bye-election in which supporters of the two main political parties in Ghana were involved in violent clashes and the strengthening of the local currency were some of the stories played up in the media this week.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian media are awash with stories from the National Assembly, particularly the lower chamber (House of Representatives), where pandemonium broke out this week with lawmakers exchanging blows in manners that painted them as "dishonourable".
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The demolition of parts of a huge slum in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, popularly called Sodom and Gomorrah, and appointment of a new chair of the Electoral Commission (EC) were some of the major stories reported this week.
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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The amendment of the constitution and the controversial politically-charged song allegedly defaming President Edgar Lungu, were among issues highlighted this week by the Zambian media.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A memorial service for victims of the 3 June fire and floods in Accra and hullabaloo about Ebola vaccine trials were some of the major stories in the Ghanaian media this week.
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The tour by President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to the southern regions of Brakna and Trarza, was the main story highlighted by the Mauritanian media this week.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian media were awash with stories and pictures from Friday's inauguration of retired Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of the Opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) as the new Nigerian president, taking over from Dr. Goodluck Jonathan who came in as Vice President to the late Musa Yar'Adua, acting president and elected president in 2011.
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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Khartoum dailies on Saturday dwelt on the protest march staged by Islamist leaders against the possible execution of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and over a hundred of other Muslim Brothers in the north African country.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A two-day strike by workers of the judicial service which shut all courts and a one-day summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) were some of the stories reported in Ghana this week.
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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - In a rare show of solidarity with victims of the tribal conflict in east Darfur State, western Sudan, most Sudanese daily newspapers on Saturday published stories from the area under similar headlines -- "No to blood shedding".
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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Khartoum daily newspapers on Saturday feasted heavily on a legal action planned by local authorities against peacekeepers accused of intentionally shooting down civilians, which UNAMID had said was in self defence.
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